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All Nippon Airways completed its first test flight on Saturday of the Boeing 787 with a revamped battery system. The Japanese carrier completed a two-hour flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo. "The flight went as planned, with absolutely no problems," said Shinichiro Ito, president and CEO of ANA.

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Japan's ANA Holdings plans to make a decision soon on whether to order 25 aircraft from Boeing or Airbus. "The key will be what plane matches our needs best," said Shinichiro Ito, president of ANA. The carrier is considering the Boeing 777X model or the Airbus A350.

All Nippon Airways plans to buy three Boeing 777 aircraft and a 767 freighter. The Japanese carrier also said it did not change its order for Boeing 787 Dreamliners. "The 787 is an aircraft that overall has had few problems," said Kiyoshi Tonomoto, an executive vice president at ANA.

Boeing has started to install battery fixes on 787 jets owned by All Nippon Airways in Japan. ANA, the launch customer for the 787, also operates the world's largest fleet at 17 planes. The 787s should be back in service in about a week for ANA.

Shinichiro Ito, the new president of ANA Holdings Inc. and chairman of All Nippon Airways, says he is confident that the Boeing 787 will return to service. "If the battery problem is resolved, I am confident the aircraft will be fine," Ito said. "Once the [Boeing proposal] is approved, we will discuss when to resume operations."

Upon receipt of if its third Boeing 787 Dreamliner, All Nippon Airways will launch service from Tokyo to the U.S. cities of Seattle and San Jose, Calif. "We are very pleased to announce the launch of further international Dreamliner services to these two new destinations on the west coast of the United States," said ANA Group President and CEO Shinichiro Ito.